mecate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.

Noun

mecate (plural mecates)

1. (US, Southwestern US) A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mecate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• McAtee, acteme

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.

Noun

mecate m (Latin spelling)

1. (Hekatia) a thick cord

References

• Bendayán de Bendelac, Alegría (1995) Diciconario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos (Jaquetía tradicional y moderna), Caracas, page 464

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈkate/ [meˈka.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: me‧ca‧te

Noun

mecate m (plural mecates)

1. (Central America, Mexico, Venezuela, Philippines) rope, cord

   Synonyms: cuerda, soga, cordel

Derived terms

• como burro sin mecate

 

Related terms

• zacamecate

 

Further reading

• “mecate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014